Today I was sitting at the Overlook Park, doing some homework where I could just sit outside without having to pay a drink. I had my dog with me. Maybe 10 minutes after sitting down, a guy finds a spot near-ish me. He says hi to my dog and is generally pleasant. I think he mentioned he was there on a lunch break.
Then about 20 minutes later, another guy shows up and sits a little further away. He starts singing. It’s a little annoying, but I’ve lived in this city long enough to ignore annoying people in public; I turn up my music and continue doing work.
The first guy then approaches the singer and makes some rude remark about his singing, telling him to stop because he is in a public place and being annoying. Singer retorts with a couple “your mom” jokes. After some back-and-forth, singer spits at the guy and the guy throws his soda, splashing a little on me. At this point I start packing my things to leave.
Then these two end up right behind me and my dog, getting ready to start swinging. I mean, they were within 3 feet from my seat, and I had to get my dog out from between them initially (he is actually just way too friendly and was wanting to say hi to them). Luckily I was able to get out of that situation without saying a word to either of them because, clearly, these two cannot deal with criticism.
Not really sharing this story for any reason other than to say this: remember that other people exist in public spaces with you, and that maybe singing very loudly isn’t the most considerate thing to do. But even less considerate is starting a fight over it. In the Seattle of yore, that would have been handled much more passive-aggressively; let’s bring that back.
Also, as a man, I say this to all other men: go to therapy.
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